Design & Development Digest

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:: By Gabe Sumner, Telerik :: Last year, Sundar Pichai, head of the Android and Chrome teams for Google, announced Google Play offers more than 1 million apps. Shortly thereafter (and not surprisingly), Apple CEO Tim Cook announced...

When companies are founded on the idea of improving a shopping experience through what’s best about the Internet and technology – some really smart things can happen. Take Smart Furniture as the example. Its story has all...

Google has released an update to its Web Designer product, a tool for authoring interactive HTML5 websites and digital advertisements (the company also indicated that ads built with Web Designer have been viewed over 2.5 billion times...

There are more than 2 million apps (1 million-plus on both Apple’s App Store and Google Play ) available for download on today’s various app marketplaces. Out of the 2 hours and 42 minutes consumers spend on their smartphones...

Increasing performance, whether it be from employees or servers, is something nearly every company strives for on a daily basis. Unfortunately, increasing performance can be costly. Whether companies hire new employees or purchase...

The ability to discover trends and analyze sales results in real-time has transformed the way many companies conduct daily operations. However, in order for real-time calculations to be possible, companies must have the necessary computing...

:: By Chirag Shivalker, Crispy Codes :: A lot of efforts are plugged in, day in and day out, for dot net application development. Every team puts in their heart and soul when it comes to code, coverage and testing, just to ensure that...

Walmart.com is getting a new look, but e-commerce professionals will likely notice a lot of its most prominent features. For two years, Walmart's team has been working on building its e-commerce platform from the ground up - and...

:: By Danial Wright, Magentax Ltd. :: As one of the most flexible enterprise class e-commerce platforms, Magento has turned out to be a digital blessing for all those who can't afford to pay a hefty sum of cash to specific software...

A new study from Limelight Networks is proving something that most Web professionals have known for a while – poor performing websites have a significant impact on a business’s success. The content delivery network unveiled...

Bing is streamlining the results provided for technical searches, making some not-so-minor adjustments to improve the engine's search experience for developers, programmers and software engineers. Over the past year, the search...

WordPress version 3.9.2 was released this week and it is recommended that you install the security update now as your site may be vulnerable to DOS attacks. According to Wordpress, this release fixes a possible denial of service issue...

Crowdsourcing company MyCrowd launched a new product (in beta) for anyone wanting to find bugs and issues in their websites, web and mobile applications. The company's new MyCrowd Test offering taps into it's network of QA...

Duda is looking to shake up the DIY website building industry, as the popular platform has just launched a new tool that enables users to deliver personalized experiences to their website visitors. The tool, dubbed inSite, enables...

Application security firm Checkmark has launched a game for software developers and security pro's to test their app hacking skills, improve their code security konw-how and facilitate better security practices. Available for desktop...